The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.
A person who sings in falsetto.
To sing or utter in falsetto.
A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
A tern.
a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
To use an inverted stitch producing ribbing etc.
To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge